OPI Tomorrow Never Dies Stamped Nails

Asos crazily marked the OPI James Bond collection down to half price so after resisting 'another purple polish' for ages I finally cracked and invested in Tomorriw Never Dies.

It is gorgeous. A beautiful deep blue based purple. Amazing coverage and totally opaque in two coats. I can see it becoming my new go to dark purple it's that perfect.

To finish off my mani I used mash plate 40 and Konad silver special polish to add swirls.

Simple but effective.

Butter London HRH with added glitz

This week I had a little splurge on Cocktail Cosmetics who stock a huge range of fantastic beauty brands.

Butter London's Cadbury purple nail varnish called HRH is one I've had my eye on for quite some time so when they had it reduced to £9 I had to have it.

Two coats and this colour is beautiful. It applies well and dries quickly. Another winner from Butter London!

Obviously I couldn't help myself so I had to add some sparkle. I used Barry M silver glitter to get a bit of a reverse glitter gradient and then layered over Topshop's Ice Crush to add some holo fun to the party.

I recommend both HRH and Cocktail Cosmetics who delivered incredibly quickly.

Models Own - Boogie Nights

Asos recently got the Models Own Mirrorball collection. And in true magpie fashion I had to have some of the beautiful shiny glitters! I got two from the collection and today I have boogie nights to show you.

The glitter is mainly pink based with blue and holo flecks in. All the glitter is hand cut meaning they are wonderfully random.

It's not the easiest polish to work with, like most glitter suspended in clear base you have to arrange the glitter to get an even spread and I found it took a while to dry due to the thickness when trying to get good glitter distribution.

I used three coats of Boogie Nights over one coat of Cult Nails Charming and sealed with one coat of OPI top coat.

Mixed purple nails

After seeing an amazing mani on The Polished Perfectionists blog I thought I'd have a go myself.

Although it is nowhere near her league I still like the result. I used a variety of OPI nail varnishes and Cult Nails in Charming. If you fancy giving this a go use any colours you have to hand.

I used the spots on Cheeky plate CH6 and the flowers on Bundle Monster plate BM-306

Happy weekend everyone!

New Toys - Nail Stamping

After seeing this amazing piece of nail art on Sugar Nails I simply had to get myself a set of Monster Bundle Nail Stamping Plates, just to get the Hibiscus flower!

I've seen the nail stamping plates around for a while but never really got it so I did a bit of investigating and decided to invest in the gear that I needed.

The set that I got from Monster Bundle was the 25 piece 2012 set. And it is amazing. I love the selection of full nail patterns, tips and small icons. Something for everyone.

I also bought the Konad double sided stamp and scraper set along with Konad special nail polish in white.

My first attempt went relatively smoothly. I was expecting to be cursing the whole way through and ending up with nothing, but although not a perfect result definately easy enough and with good enough results to make me want to use them over and over again. In fact I simply don't have enough nails to try all of these out as quickly as I want to.

Nails:
OPI - It's My Year - A gorgeous purple/gold shimmery duochrome that photo's don't do justice
Konad Special Nail Polish - White
Bundle Monster - Plate 318

Introducing Sugarpill's Heart Breaker Palette

Last friday saw the release of four new eyeshadows from Sugarpill. I ordered the palette as soon as it went on sale as the colours looked incredible and I just love everything Sugarpill.
It arrived in the post yesterday, so happy that it only took a week to arrive, I was expecting not to get it until next month.
I instantly had to swatch and play around with it.
It was everything I hoped it would be.

Acidberry is a bright limey green, and my favourite of the four
Velocity is a royal blue, which I think is a matte pressed version of the chromolust Royal Sugar
2am is pinky purple
Mochi is the perfect light turquoise, something that I have been hunting for for a while.

The pigmentation on all of the colours are amazing. If you love bright colours then you have to add this to your makeup collection!

Here's some pictures of the palette, some swatches and a quick look I did:

Heartbreaker Palette, Addicted to Pretty

Left-Right: Mochi, Velocity, Acidberry, 2am

More OCC Lip Tar Swatches

Seeing as OCC have replaced the lip tar packaging and so Love Makeup have had the old ones on sale I thought it only sensible to pick up a few more colours seeing as they are such a great product.

The colours I picked up though are not the most wearable straight from the tube, they are more in keeping with the original idea of lip tars. They are made for mixing. Or for some more creative looks they can be used on there own or layered.

Here are some swatches of the latest additions to my collection:

Red Iron Oxide

Yellow Iron Oxide

Katricia

Dangerous

FOTD featuring Sugarpill Loose Eyeshadows

I was feeling in the mood for sparkle the other day before work so I reached for the ever beautiful Sugarpill Loose Eyeshadows.

Goldilux was a must for this look and so I decided to add in a bit of purple - Hysteric, to go along with it. Finished it off with Stella to make it smokey and voila, the look was done.

And here is the finished look :)
Might just be a new favourite combination

OCC Lip Tar Swatches

Here are the swatches for the two lip tars I bought that are part of the summer collection from OCC "The Garden", along with two from their fall collection "Pretty Boy".

Although they are now packaged differently the product inside seems the same, still the lovely peppermint smell and the insane pigmentation.
I prefer the new packaging as it is much easier to control the amount you get out, as well as it being neater.

Now on to the swatches:

 From "The Garden"

Orphelia

Belladonna

From "Pretty Boy"

Queen

Pretty Boy

Ombre Lips using OCC "The Garden" Lip Tars

As mentioned in the previous post I ordered a couple of lip tars from OCC's summer collection.

I ordered the lovely light pink called Orphelia and then the amazing purple, Belladonna.

This is just a very quick look I did with the two colours in an ombre lip.

They'll be swatches of the individual colours coming up shortly.

Illamasqua Pure Pigment in Static

This is the product that made me fall head over heels for Illamasqua, they certainly do not take their slogan, "Make-up for your alter ego", lightly.

I first saw this years ago when they first arrived in Selfridges, I swatched it and instantly knew I had to have it. Unfortunately I was a poor student back then so it took me a while before I could make it mine. But mine it became.

Illamasqua describes pure pigments as: A metallic, high-shine, pure-colour powder that highlights eyes, cheeks and brows. Mix with eyeshadow or blusher or use on its own to intense effect.

I simply never tire of using this. Your choice of base changes the colour and effect of this incredibly. It really is so versitile.

Picture showing Static on different bases. L-R: Mac's Let's Skate Paint Pot, Illasmasqua's Cream Pigment in Dab, NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk, MUFE eyeshadow in #92


Static is described as Iridescent pink/silver

At first glance looks white, but look closer and its whitey, pinky, lilac shimmery beauty.
It's hard to photograph just how sparkly and chameleon like the colour is.

If you get the chance to have a play with the Illamasqua pure pigments I am sure you would fall in love just as I have. And if there is one colour everyone should try, it's Static.

Avaliable for £15.50 online or instore from Illamasqua or Selfridges

FOTD featuring MUFE #92 and Illamasqua Pure Pigment in Static

Woke up to a wintery wonderland this morning so it felt necessary to include a bit of sparkle into my makeup for the day. And what better than Illamasqua Pure Pigment in Static.

Face:
Chanel Aqualumiere in 10 pastel
Nars Blush in Orgasm

Eyes:
Mac Paint Pot in Let's Skate!
Illamasqua Pure Pigment in Static
MUFE #92
Urban Decay 24/7 liquid eyeliner in Perversion
Soap and Glory Thick and Fast Mascara
Mac Impeccable Brow Pencil in Black

Hope all you british gals are enjoying a day in the snow :)